Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Anglistik Heidelberg SS 2008

5 HAUPTSEMINARE
Texts: A reader with the course material will be made available.
Course Requirements: Regular and active participation (1 CP); preparation/homework
assignments (2 CP); in-class presentation (2 CP); course paper (3 CP).
Indian English
Prof. Hundt Donnerstag 09:15 – 10:45 108 2st.
Indian English is one of the oldest ‘New Englishes’. In this class, we will look at the development,
structure, and sociolinguistics of English in India. With almost 20 million Indians in the Indian
Diaspora, Indian English has become a global phenomenon. We will therefore also look at varieties
of Indian English in the Indian Diaspora.
Registration: Please register by e-mail: Ingrid.Fauser@urz.uni-heidelberg.de.
Course Requirements: Regular attendance and active participation (1 CP); course
preparation/homework assignments (3 CP); oral presentation with detailed handout (1 CP); written
exam or term paper (3 CP).
English in the Southern Hemisphere
Prof. Hundt Mittwoch 09:15 – 10:45 110 2st.
In this seminar, we will take a look at the whole range of Englishes found in the southern
hemisphere: native or ‘inner-circle’ varieties such as Australian, New Zealand and (white) South
African English, but also the lesser known English of the Falkland Islands; we will also include
contexts in which English is used as a second language (e.g. in South Africa and Fiji) as well as
Southern Hemisphere creoles. With a view to common traits, we will look at the development,
structure and sociolinguistics of these varieties.
Registration: Please register by e-mail: Ingrid.Fauser@urz.uni-heidelberg.de.
Course Requirements: Regular attendance and active participation (1 CP); course
preparation/homework assignments (3 CP); oral presentation with detailed handout (1 CP); written
exam or term paper (3 CP).
Approaches to Meaning: A Comparative Survey
Dr. Polzenhagen Donnerstag 14:15 – 15:45 108 2st.
The course will give an overview of influential theories of ‘meaning’. The objective of the course is
to delineate and compare the specific perspectives taken by the various, often competing
approaches. Each model will be introduced through key texts of its major proponents and will be
illustrated by central case studies. Inter alia, we will look at truth-conditional semantics, at methods
and concepts in the structuralist tradition (e.g. ‘sense relations’ and ‘componential analysis’), at
cognitive-linguistic approaches (e.g. ‘cognitive models’, ‘conceptual metaphor’, ‘prototype
semantics’) and at generative semantics. Broadening the perspective, we will also deal with
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